Onystri
1yr ago
I thought that the "kid who was in honor/AP classes" was sort-of the majority of the people here, so why would they despise going to the high-school?
And now I noticed that there is a distinction where you reference the time in "high-school" and the Goodguy just has "school" in his comment.
To be quite honest - I forgot. I blame it never being the bad/horrible expirience.
Of course there was always outstanding moments(both good and bad).
I remember the subjects that I loved and teachers that were receptive to my zeal. Damn, history was my jam. Mathematics too, until we got to integrals in the last year(?) and I just couldn't grasp that and that hit me pretty hard with some sort of "imposter syndrome" that only got away in university. Some extracurricular clubs like a radio one that I joined for a year. Participated in a few competitions between schools that my teachers took seriously and we got a lot of knowledge to cram on a short notice.
Some pranks on a teachers, and getting punished in return. Gym class that everyone hated except of few people(like this guy) that thought "hey running 1.5km timed seems like a good idea". Even though you didn't have the time for shower afterwards and wet towel was the only thing saving you for next few lessons.
Overall I would describe my time in school as "busy". There was just enough time before the next thing and after that some activities and bus home took me like 30min, some homework and I spend the rest of the day outside with the neighborhood friends that mostly were going to different schools than me. I remember being absorbed quite frequently with a fantasy book that usually kept me awake till 2am, and then I realize that I can't get back to sleep anyway so might as well read until my eyes will close themselves.
The only regret I guess is that I didn't get a girlfriend during that time, so no romance stories. And then I learned that a few of girls were hitting on me but I was too thick to notice.
Edit: But I guess I'm glossing over your question so let me try to remember and describe my schedule on a weekday.
->waking at 7:30, light breakfast
->travel to school on a bus -30min
->arrive sometime before first lesson, have a chat in classroom with whoever in at the time, grab books/notes for next three lessons and leave the rest as to not drag the heavy backpack around.
->8:30 class start 45min long with 15min break between. Usually chatting amongst the classmates/friends from same age or 1year higher/lower form other classrooms nearby. Or talking to teachers while they are preparing for the lesson.
->11:30 long break for 30min (I think). Replace books/notes for next 2-3 lessons. Can get grub from cafeteria (I usually had sandwich from home for this time). Good time to go outside if weather permits.
->12 another 2-3 lessons in a row.
->about 15 do afterschool stuff if needed. Go to swimming pool for a practice on tue/thu. Or spend around 1 hour talking with friends that live near the school. Occasionally spent near a huge metal contraption that looked like two-story pyramid. Yes....we did have a game to try a knock each other off it.
->17 at home for quick homework and dinner
->18:30 outside time (unsupervised, heh)
->usually at 21 at home doing maybe other homework, reading books, pc time. (mostly because sun is down)
->22-23 go to sleep
Onystri
1yr ago
I think that violence is, if not necessarily a good reaction, at least an understandable reaction to being forced by the state to spend eight hours a day at a containment center run by a bunch of glorified babysitters.
I don't understand, explain it to me please. As a person who spent school years in soviet union I have NEVER thought about school in this way.
Onystri
1yr ago
There was a comment in the old place that had an interesting observation about Lex
He's the best example of "fake it til you make it" that I can think of in the podcasting community.
He overstated his credentials to get on Joe Rogan, nailed his appearance by appealing to everything that Joe loves in a charming, affable way, and he did the same thing with every other major player in the podcast world until he had a massive platform.
The top comment from his first JRE appearance sums up the character Lex is playing perfectly:
"This crazy Russian built an AI before this podcast that analyzed Joe Rogan's entire being and went on to hit all his favorite talking points within the first 40 minutes. Chimps, Steven seagal, the war of art, Stephen King on writing, bjj, wrestling, judo, ex machina, the singularity and Elon Musk."
Onystri
1yr ago
Ahhhh.....The Days Of Our Steelers
Onystri
1yr ago
This one is a more neutral overview about hugo's from Eric Flint
Onystri
1yr ago
This train of thought is pretty much copenhagen interpretation of ethics, and I 100% against it. Whoever survives in the apocalypse can spend their days however they want.
Onystri
1yr ago
Brady takes it to the house against the Bills, buffalo burns to the ground.
Onystri
1yr ago
Considering that you and mike are both small arms repairman for a second there I thought you were the guy )
Onystri
1yr ago
I love listening to mike "hazzard" and his campfire stories about military. One of them was about "best military experiences" which as it happens were not that many compared to the negative ones. Would you say that your time in a military was similar?
Onystri
1yr ago
I not so recently went into nostalgia dive for youtube and while a lot of videos were deleted there was one that I couldn't find. At first I just glossed over it, but later it kept bugging me inside. I tried to find it again, but after an hour of searching I got nothing. I got a little vexed and tried again some other time, spending entire evening trying to prove myself that I'm not going senile and the video exists, right? Right?
Yeah, it was useless. Yesterday I said enough is enough and submitted the question to /r/namethatsong and I got the answer.
This is the music video it was posted on youtube 9 years ago and has more than 4million views, yet invisible to the search queries of mine. You can try to search for it yourself by describing thhe music video, but as soon as you put "murder" or "assassination" the search shits itself completely.
My current theory is that google search heavily prioritize recency and popularity above everything else. Which is too bad if you're looking for everything else.
Onystri
1yr ago
I would add to that one observation - last weekend I decided to go full memory lane on some of my experiences around 5-10 years ago. A long not visited friend of mine was on a call and we got deep into nostalgia about the stuff we did, played and watch. During that time I was looking into the old videos on youtube but what I ended up at is a massing fucking graveyard of deleted videos...... Some of them escaped the gruesome faith but locked behind 18+ for....some reason....even if the author was last seen like 3 years ago.
I just hate how I cannot just browse any site without an account apparently.
Onystri
1yr ago
I'm just going to put here a youtube channel that brings me so much joy with his game reviews, including my favorite wizardry 8. This perfect blend of humor feels better than any drug I can acquire and probably a reminder to myself that I'm not that far from 4chan that I think I am.
Onystri
1yr ago
As a follow up to this question, considering how long some wounds takes to heal after 30+ is there a helpful solution to calm myself and not to try and scratch it every other day? Stupid ingrown hairs.....
Onystri
1yr ago
I'm tired....
I don't really care, I'm tired of reading the coffee grounds to try and guess the destiny of the next weeks. Any moment something will happen that will turn this this around......right, right?
Oh nooo..... I'm only in my 40s, so you can definitely say I embellished the time period, my life was disturbed by the USSR fall. Although I cannot even remember those times outside of watching some tv of Moscow Parliament being shelled from a tank.
Yet the mundane life at the time didn't change much. We went the next day and sat at our desks.
There were reforms targeted for schooling in the end, but we got them in "waves" as to not the rock the boat too much and teachers we're not changed....at all. I know my younger brother got caught between a few of them as the primary language was changing from russian to ukrainian.
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